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The Missing Technician in Industrial Production
Originally published in 1944, The Missing Technician shows how Industrial Design must begin at the very first stages of planning a product.
Integrating Deep Learning Algorithms to Overcome Challenges in Big Data Analytics
Data science revolves around two giants, which are big data analytics and deep learning. It is becoming challenging to handle and retrieve useful information due to how fast data is expanding. This book presents the technologies and tools to simplify and streamline the formation of big data along with deep learning systems.
Additive Manufacturing of Polymers for Tissue Engineering
Additive Manufacturing and Tissue Engineering applications are a field of science and technology that manufactures biocompatible, customized, reliable, and cost-effective parts to restore functionality of a failed human body part. This book offers a platform for recent breakthroughs in additive manufacturing related to biomedical applications.
Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites
This book discusses the most recent research in nanomaterials and nanocomposites for a range of applications, as well as modern characterization tools and techniques. It deals with nanocomposites that contain a dispersion of nanosized particulates and carbon nanotubes in their matrices (polymer, metal, and ceramic).
Global Supply Chain
This book uses a systems-based approach of the tools and techniques of industrial engineering applied to the global supply chain. The specific application addressed in this book is the supply chain, which is disrupted due to COVID-19 and the closure of several plants in the chain.
Toughened Composites
This book covers micro and macro aspects of toughened composites covering polymer matrix, metal matrix, ceramic matrix and nanomatrix including composites fabrication, construction, and light weight yet high crack - resistance performance, macroscopic testing, models of stress transfer and commercial features.
Enabling Technologies for Next Generation Wireless Communications
This book will provide up-to-date information on emerging trends in wireless systems, their enabling technologies and their evolving application paradigms to researchers, technologies, developers, engineers, policy decision-makers, as well as graduate students.
Rheology Applied in Polymer Processing
This book covers a wide range of topics in polymer rheology and will be very useful to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as teachers and practicing rheologists.
Entrepreneurial Innovations, Models, and Implementation Strategies for Industry 4.0
This book explores the link between entrepreneurship and innovation and provides an understanding of the latest developments in the field. The book presents numerous challenges such as failures, planning, strategies, and socio- economic issues, and presents concepts, models, and implementation strategies for Industry 4.0.
pH Responsive Membranes
The book provides an application-oriented approach for pH responsive membranes and their applications in the biomedical field such as drug delivery, haemodialysis, chemical sensing and so forth. It further explains types, modes, and modification methods of these stimuli responsive membranes.
Sustainability in Industry 4.0
To develop more sustainable societies, industries need to better understand how to respond to environmental, economic, and social challenges and transform industrial behavior. The objective of this book is to provide knowledge and accelerate the transition towards a sustainable industrial system.
Advanced Materials for Biomechanical Applications
This reference text covers advanced materials, their properties, processing and applications in a single volume. It will serve as a useful text for graduate students and academic researchers in areas including materials science, manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, and industrial engineering.
Disruptive Technologies for Society 5.0
This book investigates various challenges faced by the Engineering sector concerning disruptive technologies and society 5.0. It explores these technologies in different industries and settings and addresses the challenges and obstacles confronted along with the practical implementation or adoption of them.
Cybersecurity
It is becoming increasingly important to design and develop adaptive, robust, scalable, reliable, security and privacy mechanisms for IoT applications and for Industry 4.0 related concerns. This book serves as a useful guide for researchers and industry professionals and will help beginners to learn the basics to the more advanced topics.
Healthcare Systems and Health Informatics
This book covers the fundamentals of IoT and healthcare systems for carrying out system architectures, protocols, wearable devices, and interoperability. It explores major challenges in AI and smart computing in resource-constrained IoT-based applications along with cost, energy efficiency, and the availability of quality service.
Composite Fabrication on Age-Hardened Alloy using Friction Stir Processing
The text discusses an important aspect of strengthening age-hardened alloy using solid-state friction stir processing for diverse applications in industries. It will serve as an ideal reference for graduate students, academic researchers, and professionals in the field of mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and materials science.
Industry 4.0 in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Focusing on the broader areas of Industry 4.0 as it applies to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), this book offers a smooth adoption of techniques and technologies and presents advances, challenges, and opportunities for implementation.
Progress in Polymer Research for Biomedical, Energy and Specialty Applications
This book covers key features of advancements in polymeric materials and their specialty applications covering biopolymers, polymer-based biomaterials, polymer-based nanohybrids, polymer-based nanocomposites, polymer supported regenerative medicines, advanced polymers for microfluidic devices and advanced polymer device fabrication techniques.
Industry 5.0
This book focuses on the next stage which is Industry 5.0 and the steps in taking automation to that next level by increasing processes, operational efficiency, and reducing workforce size.
MXene-Filled Polymer Nanocomposites
This book covers all advances in the field of MXene-filled polymer nanocomposites till date illustrating fabrication, characterization, specific properties like anti-healing, anti-friction and microwave absorption. It further covers potential applications like energy conversion and storage systems, and antibacterial and drug delivery.
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes
This book discusses advanced materials and manufacturing processes with insights and overviews on tribology, automation, mechanical, biomedical, and aerospace engineering, and optimization of industrial applications. The book explores the different types of composite materials as well as reporting on the design considerations.
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm intelligence is one of the fastest-growing sub-fields of artificial intelligence and soft computing. This field includes multiple optimization algorithms to solve NP-hard problems for which conventional methods are not effective. It inspires researchers in engineering sciences to learn theories from nature and incorporate them.
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science Technologies
This book provides a comprehensive, conceptual, and detailed overview of the wide range of applications of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science and how these technologies have an impact on various domains such as healthcare, business, industry, security, and how all countries around the world are feeling this impact.
Nanomanufacturing and Nanomaterials Design
This text focuses on nanomanufacturing, right from its origin to the current advancements, latest nanomanufacturing techniques, and various applications.
Blockchain Technology for Data Privacy Management
This book sheds light on several aspects and facts on the use of blockchain technology in varied areas of interest. It provides a stepwise discussion, exhaustive literature survey, rigorous experimental analysis and discussions to demonstrate the usage of blockchain technology for securing communications.
Inventory Planning with Innovation
The reference text will help readers to understand inventory planning by understanding the difference between procurement and production activities. It will be an ideal reference text for senior undergraduate, graduate students, and professionals in the field of industrial engineering, production engineering, and manufacturing science.
Springback Assessment and Compensation of Tailor Welded Blanks
Focusing on techniques developed to evaluate the forming behavior of tailor welded blanks in sheet metal manufacturing, this edited collection details compensation methods suited for mitigating the effects of springback. This book gives a comprehensive overview of springback and provides essential solutions necessary to automotive engineers.
Cyber-Physical, IoT, and Autonomous Systems in Industry 4.0
This book addresses topics related to Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning, Cyber-Physical Systems, Cloud Computing and Autonomous Vehicles for Industry 4.0. It investigates challenges across multiple sectors, industries and considers Industry 4.0 for operations research and supply chain management.
Eco-Friendly Waterborne Polyurethanes
The polyurethane industry is among the fastest growing, with polyurethanes used in consumer as well as industrial sectors. Waterborne polyurethanes (WPUs) exhibit many advantages over conventional volatile organic compounds (VOCs) based polyurethanes and have emerged as an environmentally friendly alternative. WPUs offer an opportunity to use sustainable raw materials to produce environmentally sustainable polymers, particularly, polyols derived from vegetable oils. Eco-Friendly Waterborne Polyurethanes: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications provides state-of-the-art knowledge of the synthesis, application, and property enhancement of WPUs. Covers various types of eco-friendly materials and technologies used to synthesize WPUs Presents an overview and applications of WPUs in several advanced research areas Provides fundamentals of synthetic processes and their chemistries for specific applications Elaborates on advanced approaches used to convert renewable resources into polymers Offers new direction to scientists, researchers, and students to better understand the chemistry, technologies, and applications Written for polymer chemists, materials scientists, and other researchers and industry, this book serves as a comprehensive reference for readers interested in the development and application of sustainable polymers.
Smart Sensor Networks Using AI for Industry 4.0
Smart Sensor Networks (WSNs) using AI has left a mark on the lives of all by aiding in various sectors such as manufacturing, education, healthcare, and monitoring of the environment and industries. This book covers recent AI applications and explores aspects of modern sensor technologies and the systems needed to operate them.
Data Security in Internet of Things Based RFID and WSN Systems Applications
This book will focus on RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), IoT (Internet of Things), and WSN (Wireless Sensor Network). It will include contributions that discuss the security and privacy issues as well as the opportunities and applications that are tightly linked to sensitive infrastructures and strategic services.
Handbook of Green Computing and Blockchain Technologies
This handbook provides a computational perspective on Green Computing and Blockchain Technologies. It presents how to not only identify challenges using a practical approach but how to also develop strategies for addressing industry challenges.
Production Management, Manufacturing, and Process Control
Drawing on contributions from various manufacturing fields, this book offers a comprehensive perspective by combining theoretical concepts with practical applications. It emphasizes future developments, the integration of technologies, and the crucial role of humans in manufacturing companies.
Plastics in the Circular Economy
We cannot imagine a world without plastics. Plastic products make our daily life safe, healthy and convenient. Besides all the benefits, the current plastics economy gives rise to environmental concerns with respect to fossil oil depletion and plastic waste accumulation. In a circular economy, however, plastics can be redesigned for reusability and recyclability. This book makes the topic of sustainable plastics approachable for students and career starters alike, describing the nature and chemistry of (bio)polymers as well as how to create a closed loop of plastic materials. The new edition expands on vitrimers, microplastics, recycling and examples. Discusses the new plastics economy chemistry and properties of polymers biodegradable plastics and polymers from renewable resources and plastics recycling.
Workshop Technology Part 2
This is the second of Dr. Chapman's internationally renowned books on workshop technology and calculations.
Recent Advancements in Multidimensional Applications of Nanotechnology
Recent Advancements in Multidimensional Applications of Nanotechnology provides a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements and applications of nanotechnology across various dimensions. Covering a wide range of topics, from electron microscopy to nanotherapeutic strategies, the book explores the diverse applications of nanotechnology in industries and research fields. Key Features: -Comprehensive Coverage: Gain insights into electron microscopy, biogenic synthesis methods, energy applications, and more.-Industry Applications: Discover how nanotechnology is revolutionizing industries such as energy, oil and gas, agriculture, and healthcare.-Cutting-Edge Developments: Stay ahead of the curve with discussions on copper oxide nanoparticles, nano-coatings, and thin film optimization for solar cells.-Biomedical Breakthroughs: Explore the exciting realm of biomedical applications, from metallic nanoparticles in healthcare to biogenic synthesis methods.-Practical Insights: Benefit from practical insights and case studies that showcase real-world applications of nanotechnology.
Fiber-Optic-Based Sensing Systems
The need for both intrinsic and extrinsic fiber-optic sensor technologies continues to grow. To meet the demands of this fast-expanding applications-driven market, this book discusses both the latest advances and recent application opportunities along with the basic optical phenomena, with the main emphasis on applying optical knowledge for solving real-life engineering problems.Key features of the book: - Highlights the uniqueness of fiber-optics sensors- Presents state-of-the-art technology in optical fiber sensors- Discusses a variety of fiber-optic topologies- Considers different detection techniques- Gives special attention to distributed fiber-optic sensing systemsBasic tools and concepts are presented in the earlier chapters, which are then developed in more detail in the later chapters. The book is organized in seven chapters covering a broad range of fiber-optical sensing phenomena. Written for undergraduate and graduate students who want to broaden their knowledge of fiber-optic sensing system applications for real-life engineering problems, the volume is also valuable for engineers who want to acquire the basic principles of optics, especially fiber-optics.
Fundamentals of Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing (AM) is the process of constructing 3D objects from a computer model by depositing successive layers of material. The benefits include reduced material wastage and decreased human intervention. This book provides a comprehensive overview of AM techniques, including their concepts, features, and historical background.
Advanced Woven Fabric Design
Keeping in mind the advancements in the field of science and technology, this book discusses advanced woven fabric design. It details the structural aspects of woven fabric and expands upon the related weaving or loom equipment required to produce a specific fabric structure.
Design and Structure of Textile Fabrics
This book details the development of textile products and deals with different aspects of fabric structure and textile design. It covers topics essential to understanding textile fabrics - such as intertwined and non-woven fabrics, pique design, mosaic knitting, and spot designs.
Emerging Sustainable and Renewable Composites
This edited volume presents a comprehensive discussion of emerging sustainable and renewable composites from tropical fibres and provides an in-depth analysis of their prospective applications as replacements for conventional petroleum-based packaging and the challenges regarding this
Emerging Sustainable and Renewable Composites
This edited volume presents a comprehensive discussion of emerging sustainable and renewable composites from tropical fibres and provides an in-depth analysis of their prospective applications as replacements for conventional petroleum-based packaging and the challenges regarding this
Applications of Biodegradable and Bio-Based Polymers for Human Health and a Cleaner Environment
Here is an interdisciplinary look at concepts that can be applied across engineering disciplines in the development of products, processes, and systems to minimize environmental impacts across all life cycle phases using biodegradable and bio-based polymers.
Lean Manufacturing and Service
Within manufacturing industries, lean manufacturing and systems rooted in lean principles stand out as the most effective tool used to enhance productivity, quality, and comprehensive economic, environmental, and social sustainability.Lean Manufacturing and Service: Fundamentals, Applications, and Case Studies is not merely a guide to lean tools for cost reduction. Instead, it showcases lean as a holistic system encompassing design, planning, management, and operations, relevant to all organizations. Moreover, it delves into its integration with Industry 4.0 and its concepts.Designed primarily for graduate and undergraduate courses, this book is also a valuable resource for industry professionals. It features exercises ranging from basic to multifaceted examples, insightful case studies, and end-of-chapter challenges. A solutions manual and lecture slides are also available to ensure a quality course experience.
Design in Modern Life
Originally published in 1946, this book is based on a series of broadcast talks on design. Led by an engineer, an artist and critic of architecture and industrial design, the discussions focussed on the problems that were involved by a general application of design to the environment of contemporary life. It surveys the possibilities of design in modern life and the talks have been rewritten, amplified and revised for the purposes of the book.
Successful Manufacturing Transformation
This book is a good practical handbook for every manufacturing leaders and it is based on proven and successful manufacturing transformation practices, on how to get a manufacturing organization out of an extreme operational crisis (or nearing a closure). Transforming an organization in crisis and turning it around from a manufacturing crisis and finally to be able to achieve global competitiveness in manufacturing operations in any country. This book is based on extensive work experience, learning from failures and successes, experimentations, and proven approaches by the author himself. It references to the author's various successful manufacturing transformations achieved at large-scale multi-national manufacturing organizations and how the author re-positioned those organizations into becoming a globally competitive operation. If an organization is always thinking about global competitiveness, and constantly driving its organization towards world class efficiencies, delivering the sustainable competitiveness in cost and with the best lead-times, it is almost impossible to get eliminated by any other competitions globally. The manufacturing organizations that slowly starts to slip away from being at world class efficiencies and its metrics start losing its global competitiveness, in cost, lead time and productivity will not be able to compete with the global competitions. These are the organizations that will easily get into a manufacturing crisis, loses its competitiveness and finally it loses its total business to its competitors. These companies will ultimately get wiped out of the business. This book is also about reimagining the manufacturing industries to achieve global competitiveness by the successful adoption of greater digital technologies of a connected factory to increase efficiency, speed and agility. This requires the ability to be able to rapidly transit into the new smart manufacturing paradigm with how to achieve the status of Smart Manufacturing, Factory of the Future and to be quick in responding to the demanding market changes with the digitally connected operations and the marketplace. A detailed step by step approach is clearly explained and how to overcome those implementation challenges.
Successful Manufacturing Transformation
This book is a good practical handbook for every manufacturing leaders and it is based on proven and successful manufacturing transformation practices, on how to get a manufacturing organization out of an extreme operational crisis (or nearing a closure). Transforming an organization in crisis and turning it around from a manufacturing crisis and finally to be able to achieve global competitiveness in manufacturing operations in any country. This book is based on extensive work experience, learning from failures and successes, experimentations, and proven approaches by the author himself. It references to the author's various successful manufacturing transformations achieved at large-scale multi-national manufacturing organizations and how the author re-positioned those organizations into becoming a globally competitive operation. If an organization is always thinking about global competitiveness, and constantly driving its organization towards world class efficiencies, delivering the sustainable competitiveness in cost and with the best lead-times, it is almost impossible to get eliminated by any other competitions globally. The manufacturing organizations that slowly starts to slip away from being at world class efficiencies and its metrics start losing its global competitiveness, in cost, lead time and productivity will not be able to compete with the global competitions. These are the organizations that will easily get into a manufacturing crisis, loses its competitiveness and finally it loses its total business to its competitors. These companies will ultimately get wiped out of the business. This book is also about reimagining the manufacturing industries to achieve global competitiveness by the successful adoption of greater digital technologies of a connected factory to increase efficiency, speed and agility. This requires the ability to be able to rapidly transit into the new smart manufacturing paradigm with how to achieve the status of Smart Manufacturing, Factory of the Future and to be quick in responding to the demanding market changes with the digitally connected operations and the marketplace. A detailed step by step approach is clearly explained and how to overcome those implementation challenges.
